‘Bit patchy isn’t it?’ is a frustratingly common response I get from local government folk when I talk about what we do at the Centre for Public Scrutiny, supporting local government overview and scrutiny.
That’s one reason why I was so pleased when Cheshire West and Chester scrutiny of the council’s adoption services won our Overall Impact through Scrutiny Award this year.
Not only was it a very good piece of scrutiny work indeed: it’s also not the first time they have won one of our Good Scrutiny Awards – demonstrating an ability to maintain consistently good practice over time.
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